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Whornham, Presley M. Woolsey, Karl P.
Wiliden, Irl T. Woolsey, Mark A.
Wiliden, James E. Yardley, Daniel H.
Willden, Joseph T. *Yardley, James Gilbert Wiliden, Ray
National Guard History Beaver City's National Guard unit came into being in the spring of 1929. It was federally recognized as Headquarters Battery, Second Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery, in April, 1929. First Lieutenant S. Taylor Farnsworth was Battery Commander; Second Lieutenant Grant H. Tolton was junior officer; Joseph A. Manzione was first sergeant; E. S. Tattersall was supply sergeant and caretaker. Other non-commissioned officers were M. J. Warr and W. L. Hutchings, and Don Carlow was clerk. There was a total of 30 enlisted men, all from Beaver City. Later the Third Battalion of Field Artillery was organized in Utah and Beaver's unit became the Headquarters Battery, Third Battalion, which designation it held until it was mustered into active service in World War II. Each year the battery trained for the annual encampment at Camp W. G. Williams, Jordan Narrows, Utah, for two weeks, in June. Later, encampments took them into California for brigade camps, and into the Northwest. In September, 1933, Captain Farnsworth resigned and Lieutenant Tolton was commissioned captain and placed in command. He was the battery commander who mustered them into active service in World War II. His junior officers at this time were First Lieutenant Joseph A. Manzione and Second Lieutenant Russell A. Gentry. Elmer D. White was first sergeant and E. S. Tattersall, who had been supply sergeant and caretaker from the beginning, was still active.

Whornham, Presley M. Woolsey, Karl P.
Wiliden, Irl T. Woolsey, Mark A.
Wiliden, James E. Yardley, Daniel H.
Willden, Joseph T. *Yardley, James Gilbert Wiliden, Ray
National Guard History Beaver City's National Guard unit came into being in the spring of 1929. It was federally recognized as Headquarters Battery, Second Battalion, 222nd Field Artillery, in April, 1929. First Lieutenant S. Taylor Farnsworth was Battery Commander; Second Lieutenant Grant H. Tolton was junior officer; Joseph A. Manzione was first sergeant; E. S. Tattersall was supply sergeant and caretaker. Other non-commissioned officers were M. J. Warr and W. L. Hutchings, and Don Carlow was clerk. There was a total of 30 enlisted men, all from Beaver City. Later the Third Battalion of Field Artillery was organized in Utah and Beaver's unit became the Headquarters Battery, Third Battalion, which designation it held until it was mustered into active service in World War II. Each year the battery trained for the annual encampment at Camp W. G. Williams, Jordan Narrows, Utah, for two weeks, in June. Later, encampments took them into California for brigade camps, and into the Northwest. In September, 1933, Captain Farnsworth resigned and Lieutenant Tolton was commissioned captain and placed in command. He was the battery commander who mustered them into active service in World War II. His junior officers at this time were First Lieutenant Joseph A. Manzione and Second Lieutenant Russell A. Gentry. Elmer D. White was first sergeant and E. S. Tattersall, who had been supply sergeant and caretaker from the beginning, was still active.